[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [維摩經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778) › 4.16 # 維摩經略疏 4.16 維摩經略疏 4.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4.16) 問：若十人對十數，五百如何？答：法王所說必有所以。今既未見五百所傳，不可妄擬。今尋義理，聊為解釋。一數有十，十數即百，束對五根五百數。又《大經》五百各說身因皆是半字，四枯入道。 > Question: If ten persons correspond to ten mental factors, how is it with five hundred? Answer: What the Dharma King states must have its reason. Since we have not yet seen the transmission regarding the five hundred, we cannot make groundless conjectures. Now, investigating the principles, I will provide a brief explanation. One factor contains ten, so ten factors make one hundred; bundled together and correlated with the five sense faculties, there are five hundred factors. Furthermore, in the \*Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra\*, the five hundred who each explain the cause of their physical existence are all using the half-character \[teaching\] and entering the Way through the four withered \[trees\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4.15) - [Next: 4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4.17) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778~en-mt.4.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1778.4.16) · Pramāṇa